ATTACK

Immigrant in Italy kills 1 in pickaxe rampage

An immigrant illegally living in Italy went on a rampage with a pickaxe in Milan at dawn Saturday, killing a passer-by and wounding four others in an apparently random attack, police said.

By Associated Press , May 12, 2013

ND man pleads guilty to federal assault charge

A North Dakota man has pleaded guilty for attacking a man with a utility knife.

September 14, 2011

Army: Soldier admits to attack plan

KILLEEN, Texas — An AWOL infantry soldier caught with weapons and a bomb inside a backpack admitted planning what would have been Fort Hood’s second terrorist attack in less than two years, the Army said Thursday. He might have succeeded at carrying it out, police said, if a gun-store clerk hadn’t alerted them to the man’s suspicious activity.

By By Jamie Stengle, The Associated Press , July 29, 2011

Group touts safety record after Alaska bear attack

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Officials of an outdoor leadership school say they preach safety to all those who go on their excursions, including four young students who were mauled by a grizzly during a survival training excursion in the Alaska wilderness.

By Rachel D'Oro, Associated Press , July 27, 2011

Duluth man living in Norway reflects on tragedy

Wesley Caple lives about a 20-minute drive from the downtown Oslo area hit by Friday’s bombing and even closer to the picturesque Norwegian island where the horrific shooting occurred later the same day. But Caple, his wife, Hilde, two children and mother in law were vacationing in Duluth when they learned of Norway’s worst act of domestic violence since World War II.

By By John Myers, Forum Communications Co. , July 26, 2011

Suspect in Norway attacks describes plans in manifesto

OSLO, Norway — To Anders Behring Breivik, the Norway explosion and shootings that killed at least 93 people were a “marketing method” for his manifesto, which not only lays out his extreme nationalist philosophy but reveals his attack methods and encourages like-thinkers to do their own mass killing.

By By Bjoern Amland, The Associated Press , July 25, 2011

Afghan officials: 2-3 men suspected in UN attack

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Former insurgents who had renounced the Taliban and were in a reintegration program are suspected of taking an assault rifle from a Nepalese guard and opening fire during the anti-Quran-burning riot last week that left seven U.N. workers dead, Afghan officials said Wednesday.

April 06, 2011

South Korea's defense chief resigns over North Korea attack

YEONPYEONG ISLAND, South Korea (AP) — South Korea's defense minister resigned Thursday amid intense criticism two days after a North Korean artillery attack killed four people on a small island near the Koreas' disputed frontier.

November 25, 2010

Pit bulls maul resident in Des Lacs, N.D.

BURLINGTON, N.D. (AP) — Ward County authorities are investigating a mauling by two pit bulls in a Des Lacs home.

November 19, 2010

Fargo drag performer attacked

The incident brought drag performer JustNtyme back to his school years. When a man ripped the wig off his head and yelled a gay slur at him outside a downtown Fargo bar last weekend, the popular female impersonator said it reminded him of being bullied and beaten up while growing up in Fargo.

By By Tammy Swift , Forum Communications Co. , October 30, 2010

Man arrested in Swift Falls, Minn., attack with bat; victim in critical condition

SWIFT FALLS, Minn. – A 34-year-old man is in critical condition at St. Cloud Hospital after being struck in the head with a bat early Sunday morning here.

By By Carolyn Lange, Forum Communications Co. , June 14, 2010

Suspect in N.D. gas station attack held without bond

MINOT, N.D. (AP) — A Montana man is being held without bond in an attack at a gas station near Minot.

March 14, 2010

Potter disappointed with Democrats’ attack ad

North Dakota U.S. Senate candidate Tracy Potter, a Democrat, said he’s “disappointed” with his party’s recent attack ad against Republican Senate contender Gov. John Hoeven. Potter, a state senator from Bismarck, is the only declared Democratic candidate so far in the U.S. Senate race, and during his announcement, Potter said he wanted to “raise the level of civility in politics.” He said the Democrats’ first ad of the campaign is inconsistent with his pledge, although its claims are accurate.

By By Kristen M. Daum, Forum Communications Co. , February 17, 2010

Obama: Terror attack ‘dots’ not connected

A grim-faced President Barack Obama declared Tuesday there was a deep failure of national intelligence in the botched Christmas Day airliner terror attack over Detroit, telling the nation the government had enough information to thwart potential disaster but could not “connect those dots.” Speaking after a blunt meeting with his security team, Obama said there had been even more “red flags” than had already been acknowledged: that an al-Qaida affiliate in the Arabian Peninsula planned to strike the United States and that it was working with the man who ended up accused of trying to blow up a plane with nearly 300 passengers and crew aboard.

By By Ben Feller, The Associated Press , January 06, 2010

Attack on plane leads to review

The U.S. system for checking suspicious travelers and airport security came under new scrutiny Sunday after an alleged terrorist bent on destroying a jetliner was thwarted only by a malfunctioning detonator and some quick-thinking passengers.

By By Calvin Woodward and Pamela Hess, The Associated Press , December 28, 2009